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how to make your own taskbar in vb net project

i have comleted the project i want to make a taskbar in the
MDI Parent. that behaves same like taskbar, whenever a new form is opened there will be a link for the form, and also having RightClick Menu from which i can close maximize and minimize the form............
is any featcher like this is provided by the microsoft ??
if yes then how to add that ??
if no then how can we design / make our own ??

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i have comleted the project i want to make a taskbar in the MDI Parent. that behaves same like taskbar, whenever a new form is opened there will be a link for the form, and also having RightClick Menu from which i can close maximize and minimize the form............ is any featcher like this is provided by the microsoft ?? if yes then how to add that ?? if no then how can we design / make our own ??

Hi,

The toolstrip that you can find in the toolbox may do what you need, you can add buttons and remove them in code, and dock it where you want. You find some explanation, here.

For your second question you need to use a contextmenustrip for that. You find some explanation, here.

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